Lawrence shares sixth as second spherical ends at wet US Open

The 28-year-old South African, halted simply shy of the clubhouse by heavy rain Friday evening, completed on the ninth gap to finish a four-over par 74 spherical and stand on one-over 141 by 36 holes.

That left him stage with Frenchman Victor Perez, 4 strokes adrift of US chief Sam Burns, who completed a spherical of 65 on Friday to face on three-under 137.

“Just about when I was going to take my putt, the siren sounded,” Lawrence stated Friday. “A bit frustrating in that sense, but those are the rules… It’s an important putt. Each shot means a lot in a championship like this.”

American J.J. Spaun, on 138, and Norway’s Viktor Hovland on 139 have been the one different gamers under par on the formidable structure, which figures to be much more receptive in spherical three after an in a single day drenching with rain anticipated to proceed all day Saturday.

The solely different morning drama got here as American Philip Barbaree sank a five-foot par putt on the ninth to shoot 71 and turn out to be the final participant to make the lower, doing so on the quantity at seven-over 147.

That earned him the possibility to play alone within the first spot off the primary tee at 9:12 a.m. to begin the third spherical.

Among the leaders, Burns and Spaun have been set for a 3:35 p.m. tee time, 11 minutes after Hovland and Australia’s Adam Scott start within the penultimate pairing.

World quantity two Rory McIlroy, 9 strokes off the lead at 146, tees off at 10:34 a.m. with third-ranked American Xander Schauffele, the reigning British Open champion.

Northern Ireland’s McIlroy accomplished a profession Grand Slam by successful the Masters in April for his fifth main title.

World primary Scottie Scheffler, looking for back-to-back main titles after taking final month’s PGA Championship, begins at 1:02 p.m. with fellow American Cameron Young. They have been seven off the lead on 144.

In all, 67 golfers made the lower to play the ultimate 36 holes.

Those lacking the lower included defending champion Bryson DeChambeau, Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg, previous winners Wyndham Clark and Lucas Glover, six-time main winner Phil Mickelson, Gary Woodland and Dustin Johnson, England’s Justin Rose and Ireland’s Shane Lowry.

Spectators have been saved off the course till after the second spherical was full, with the US Golf Association asserting that entry to some spectator viewing areas shall be restricted because of heavy rain.

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